Quote:Gene Smith gets a worse rap than he deserves. His capabilities were maybe overhyped, but he was not bad as a talent evaluator. He obviously didn't have a solid plan of how to build a winning football team that could withstand the injuries that he would face. He got too caught up in trying to build a team that was tough in the trenches and didn't understand what it takes to win in the "new" NFL until it was too late. Ultimately, he missed on quarterback which is the fatal blow, but you gotta pick a guy at some point. And you only got like 3 years.


(Plus, he won the same amount of games in his first season as Caldwell won his first two.)


*ducks*

Gene Smith has quite possibly put up the most embarrassing GM show in recent history. How many picks are still on the team/ in the league?


You say he was a good talent evaluator, where is the proof? Caldwell has had to rebuild EVERYTHING, and has already looked 100% better than Gene Smith ever was.


Gene Smith is a clown. I don't think ONE of his draft picks has ever panned out, with picks in the top 10 (ATLEAST) in each year. That's some great talent evaluation right there.


Oh yea, and he picked an average punter in the 3rd round.

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